Blackboard Tools > Grading Submissions in the Assignment Manager

To view completed assignments

Log in to your course site and click on "Control Panel>On-line Gradebook". You will now see that an additional column has been appended for the assignment that you distributed. Scroll down your list of students; you will see exclamation marks ( ! ) next to students that have completed the assignment.

Click on the exclamation mark to see more details. From here you will have a button labeled "View" that you will use to view the completed assignment file attachment that the student has submitted. You can then browse the content of the attachment, assign a grade, and also post comments and notes back to the student regarding the assignment.

If you wish to markup the actual file attachment that the student has submitted you must open it, mark it up with your comments, and then save the new version on your hard drive before posting it back as an attachment. The system does not support realtime file collaboration, so you must first save, and then post the new file back to the student.

The Blackboard system does not actively scan files posted for viruses. Be vigilant when downloading files that students have submitted and saving/executing them on your hard drive. Be sure to install and update your antivirus software. UIC affiliates can download antivirus software at http://www.accc.uic.edu/software/antivirus.

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Related FAQ's

Q: I sent an e-mail message via the "Send Mail" tool and I received an error message back stating that the message was not delivered to a few of my students - whats wrong?

When we create blackboard accounts for students we use the UIC e-mail address as the default address associated with their account. If students do not use this address or if they have set their account to use another e-mail address that is no longer active you will receive a message stating that the mail could not be delivered. In order to fix this the students in question must login and set their Blackboard e-mail account to a valid, active account. Any Blackboard user can change this themselves by logging in and clicking the MY UIC tab on the main login page and then the "Personal Information" link.

Q: Can I edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the "Assignment Manager"?

You can edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the assignment manager. In order to do this you must login and access the students assignment by clicking on the "Grabebook". Once you are in the gradebook find the assignment in question that the student submitted and click on the exclamation point and then the button labeled "View". To view the assignment click on the link to the file.

In order to edit it you must make your edits and then save the file on your own hard drive before re-attaching a file to send back to them.

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